Okla. Admin. Code § 40:50-1-8

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 40:50-1-8 - Ignition interlock technician

(a) No person may perform any service(s) related to any device in this state without being duly licensed by the Board.

(b) An applicant who has been convicted of, or plead guilty or nolo contendere , to an alcohol related traffic offense or any offense classified as a felony, within five (5) years prior to the date of filing of the applicant's application for licensure as an ignition interlock technician may not be eligible for licensure. For purposes of this section, a conviction means the applicant was adjudicated guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) An applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(d) An applicant must possess a valid driver licensewithout any requirements for ignition interlock.

(e) A vendor seeking licensure for an ignition interlock technician shall initiate an ignition interlock technician license application and remit the appropriate fee by accessing the Board website at www.ok.gov/bot.

(f) The applicant shall:

(1) Complete the ignition interlock technician license application.

(2) Complete and score an 80% or higher on a knowledge and skills examination administered by the Board.

(3) Submit a criminal history report certified within the immediately preceding thirty (30) days from either the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or, if the applicant has not lived in Oklahoma for the immediately preceding five (5) years, a criminal background check from the agency responsible for keeping criminal history in the state or states of previous residence.

(g) Each application for licensure shall be for a single ignition interlock technician. Separate ignition interlock technician applications are required for additional ignition interlock technicians.

Okla. Admin. Code § 40:50-1-8

Added at 21 Ok Reg 2657, eff 7-11-04¹; Added at 22 Ok Reg 221, eff 10-27-04 (emergency); Added at 22 Ok Reg 1714, eff 6-25-05; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 287, eff 11-1-06 (emergency)²; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2683, eff 6-4-07 (emergency)²; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1029, eff 4-11-08 (emergency); Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1527, eff 6-12-08; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1029, eff 4-11-08 through 7-14-09 (emergency)³; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2667, eff 8-26-10

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 34, Issue 24, September 1, 2017, eff. 9/11/2017

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 24, September 3, 2019, eff. 9/14/2019

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/11/2020

¹See Editor's Note 1 at beginning of this Chapter and Editor's Notice at 21 Ok Reg 3123.

²See Editor's Note 2 at beginning of this Chapter for additional information about these two emergency actions.

³This emergency action expired before being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last effective permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-09 (after the 7-14-09 expiration of the emergency action), the text of 40:50-1-8 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective 6-12-08, as was last published in the 2008 Supplement of the OAC, and remained as such until amended by permanent action on 8-26-10.

²See Editor's Note 2 at beginning of this Chapter for additional information about these two emergency actions.